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Courthouse officials said there will still be a hearing Wednesday morning on the issue.

The Monumental Task Committee sought to halt the removal of the Beauregard monument on the basis that the City Park Improvement Association, and not the city of New Orleans, owns the monument.

Committee members held a news conference Monday to reveal their findings and that they were filing a lawsuit to stop the removal because of the ownership dispute.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser sent the City Park board a letter asking the group to notify Mayor Mitch Landrieu of its objection to the removal of the monument.

"City Park has just received copies of the lawsuit by Richard Marksbury against the city of New Orleans. We have not had an opportunity to review the allegations in the lawsuit but have instructed our attorneys to immediately review (the lawsuit)," City Park CEO Robert Becker said.

The Monumental Task Committee has not issued a statement about the ruling.

The city of New Orleans issued a statement Monday afternoon about the Monumental Task Committee's findings:

“These matters have been litigated and decided both in state and federal courts. At this point, the Monumental Task Committee’s time would be better spent working to find a museum or private land where these statues can be displayed in context rather than continuing to fight a lost cause.”